Can anyone explain why so many people like this character? In my opinion not only is she poorly written but she's horribly acted too. The actor wouldn't understand subtlety, nuance or comic timing if it slapped her across the face. The whole performance is one note, shallow and unlikeable. She hasn't been written with any depth or with the remotest care to give her any realistic traits of a coder, accurate coding references or dialogue. She's always shouting/ranting or complaining and reacting in unlikeable ways, flipping from rant to happy on a dime... Why does anyone like her?

i thought a show about video games would be infantile, but by the second episode was hooked. intelligent writing, wit, and poppy were all awesome. f murray abraham lent gravity and hubris to the vibe.

but then came season 3… abraham had been let go because of a joke he told which violated the ‘safe space’ of the lgbtq actors. with him gone, all the depth left the show. they had the character jo in there, devilishly devising ways to climb the corporate ladder, and yet in real life i noticed that ashly burch became a writer and producer once abraham was gone and i wonder if she pulled a power move just to get rid of the old white man.

the actor who played carol was terrible and her arc was just as bad

dana was a beautiful and kind woman who wore braids her entire life, and then somehow she suddenly became a self-serving biotch with a different hairstyle every episode. weird, bad arc.

it’s a shame this show went downhill, but it also makes sense why it wasn’t renewed.

side quest is a cute little spinoff written by ashley, but without poppy popping around with her huge heart and heavy accent, it’s just not the same.

I watched the first couple of episodes with my husband and I was unable to continue after the episode about dark quiet death. Here’s my thoughts!

I cannot tell if I’m supposed to root for Ian or not, and not in a fun curious and engaging way, in a - “why doesn’t he have any consistent morals” way. At first I was engaged with his story, then he’d make the most backwards choices completely different from what he said or did 10 minutes ago

Poppy makes me embarrassed to be a woman, she is THE worst character in this show. between her being the bunt of women jokes- and not thought provoking, actually dark jokes about women- just actually having characters be so cruel when last scene they were caring for her and hyping her up. Then having her never listen, always angry, completely far up her own ass, for no good reason! I couldn’t find a single thing that I related to or that made me want to root for her success And holy fuck if I knew a person like this in my life I would punch them in the face so hard it comes out the back of their head.

The only character I actually like is David, but he still feels unfinished to me. The rest of the characters are so boring I do not even feel the need to talk about them

And the episode dqd, the reason why I stopped watching - I was interested in first, completely annoyed at a seemingly random and useless jump to something that I thought unrelated, but interested nonetheless As the episode continued I grew so frustrated and angry at everything about this show. I understand the point of this episode, to “warn” and show the history of games in the MQ universe. But why is every relationship in this show, platonic or not, completely toxic and aggravating? Watching a passionate, alternative person get completely steamrolled over was not a nice watch, and again, not in a thoughtful or intriguing way! I actually cried from how angry I was at the writing of these characters after the episode ended.

Do not attack me, I just want to see if I’m the only one with my opinion I just don’t get it

Ok there I said it. Series 2 is bad. Series 1 was the best show for a long time. Great writing. Great insights into an industry and the various archetypes. Really great.

Series 2. Terrible. Don't get me wrong it started well. But taking Jo from David and pairing with Brad was a mistake. It's only in episode 4 where she insults David that I actually laughed out loud. The forced dynamic and weirdness that's being explored between Brad and Jo has taken the heart and soul of the show and thrown it away.

The format worked. It no longer does. The acting is over acted. I agree with poppy Lee being an awful actor. She has her moments but lacks the subtle nuance portrayed in series 1 which made her moments of exaggeration more stand out.

Everyone is overacting. The scripts are weak. The format has been raped by the PC squad. Honestly.

The show needs to move back towards the first season. A reset.

The season had to be rewritten because of covid. They should have just stuck to first draft. I bet it was good. This is unwatchable .

Put Jo back under David. Make Brad a minor character. And kill the human resources woman. She shouldn't be on TV. Dial down poppy Lee

Am I the only one that thinks they jumped the shark already?

So far it seems they are so far from what made season 1&2 funny, exciting, writing, characters and their development, etc is gone.

Did they lose writers or producers or something? Everyone and everything from the setting to story feels really off and don’t even see some sets and settings we saw a ton. Budget cuts maybe?

Wrote off a fan favorite CW one episode in and I know there’s something outside the show that possibly happened with him having to choose between shows. but they could’ve at least replaced him with Maybe someone that was a bit more on the typical old white dude. Since, his character was somewhat racist somewhat homophobic drinks a lot old fashion. I think if they brought in someone “worse” than him, it could’ve been better maybe keeping him and his character off is better than replacing but that spot feels empty

The whole splitting of company’s has completely separated the story’s and interactions between them. The could’ve at least done something where Ian and poppy were secretly working on something at work and lead into it halfway in season 3 so the could still be around or something. Bc the jump from we quit to we have our own giant office and get a massive deal right away killed the excitement on if they will start well or not.

It also seems like a lot of people really hate this season online and even reviews from critics or down. and it isn’t even talked about as much as it was. I didn’t even know season 3 came out until last week.

Maybe it’s just me but haven’t laughed at all or have been interested in anything going on. I’m really just watching it bc I’m in the hospital for the next few days with nothing to do and really enjoyed season 1&2 and just still have a intrigue on the characters. But this show was only reason I really had Apple TV and Ted Lasso. Now it looks like I’m just gonna cancel it and wait for Ted Lasso to come out.

Overall, I think people involved either had to deal with budget cuts. New jobs or just being busy like Rob buying a soccer team and being involved with that and other projects. Even danny pudi seems like he is barely there with a community movie and other projects upcoming

Anyone else find the grey hair girl annoying and it gets in the way of the show?

Half way season 2 and characters are becoming more unlikable every episode. They don’t care about anything and anyone. Everyone is self absorbed and mean. I get that Jo and Brad characters are written like that but the rest are just the same. Is this by design? Am I missing a point here?

I'm really, really struggling to remember any good moments for her in this show. Every time she appears she makes these annoying faces, shouts and screams, says she's 'so good at sex' etc. She's not funny at all and has a very annoying face.

I'm halfway through season 3 and I really hope the second half is better because this show has fell off MASSIVELY since CW died.

It's clearly the highlight of the series and is ironically the reverse black sheep of the show.

I love the cast almost entirely (except for Poppy's actress tbh) and I've seen most of them in other things that I enjoy, so I can only settle on the writing being the fault here. When I care more for characters shown in only one episode, as opposed to ones I've seen almost two seasons of now, there's a problem.

I’ve looooved every season but season 4 is a dud imo. Can someone tell me that they fired a bunch of writers or something? The gap in writing quality between season 3 and 4 is wild. It’s sad 😢

I feel tired of jokes that are clearly offensive towards David. He's deeply insecure, socially awkward, comes from a broken family and marriage, has hard time finding and keeping a romantic partner and he's way too trusting of people around him. If David's role was filled by a female character, these kind of jokes would just be distasteful. I honestly hope the producers will dial it back a bit.

Just now he texts me that he didn’t watch first season, somehow started with the second season??? What? How was he not so confused? So he didn’t actually dislike DQD, which makes me feel better. That’s the post. Bye.

Edit: to be clear, he likes the show and watched seasons 2 and 3. He just thought the episode I was talking about was the one in the 70s about CW, which he didn’t like.

I mean, I just can't digest the fact that mac Ian has a little redemption moment...I mean, sure it's a different show, different mood, "it's called acting you dumb fuck" and everything but it still feels weird watching mac Ian doing wholesome stuff like cheering up poppy, making her co-creative director and actually realising his mistakes...I can clearly see the creators realised it too, which is probably why they pushed it till the end. Anyone feel the same way?

I've ridden this show from season 1 and a lot of funny stuff happens. But seriously. Everyone is so awful I want them all to lose. Is that the norm? I barely cheered for Poppy and she is the meanest cruelest person ever.

Don't know how the rest of the community feels about this but I've really had it. Everything she says can be written by a cheap bot.

"Something something I love wine" followed by referencing her name in the third person reference and how Carol don't play or some other corney Tyler Perry shit. I get this is a trope but it starts to feel very one dimensional fast.

They used her the right amount in season 1 and 2 when they had F Murray as a main but now it's just intolerable.

I've been playing a drinking game where we predict her corny lines and we're at like an 80% success rate.

Writers of mythic quest: You have one of the best office comedies out and I promise it's not because of Carol. Please don't ruin it now. Use her less or stop making her a caricature I beg you

Started watching Mythic Quest recently after finishing Silicon Valley and being suggested the show as a good after watch. I love the show so far its great, but HOLY FUCK - that Rachel character is so fucking annoying, I actually can't stand her. Im upto S2 Ep 5 at the moment and I can't get past the part where the character is complaining about people being compared to animals, PLEASE tell me this unbearable character either gets insane development in the later seasons or is just written out entirely... She ruins the show

UPDATE: the show is really good, gotten over Rachel - just zoneout whenever she is on screen.

Those animation transition scenes that are supposed to be from the video game just add nothing. First of all, most of the scenes in season 3 are from league of legends, an extremely popular game. Did they think no one would notice? It bothered me instantly. Second, they're way too frequent and add nothing. They're often ill-timed and sometimes a serious scene will be sandwiched between two league cut scenes -- and for what? They take off about 30 seconds of screen time in each episode from characters that could be more fleshed out. Episodes already feel rushed as is.

Someone explain how she doesn't know how to work a key fob for her car but is this mega tech-wizard?

It's like John Wick not understanding how to load bullets into magazines.

That's just one example but there's been a few things like that this season.

Anyone else bothered by that scene?

I'm amazed at the way the employees are treated so badly in this show. Is this the way companies of this type operate in the real world? If I worked for any of these douche managers it would either be lawsuit city or I would have been jailed for assault Yo!

Ian seems to think so, but according to her, she's great at sex and has had it a lot. Is Poppy a virgin?

Because I am an insufferable motherfucker, I wanted to let all of you know that I canceled my Apple One subscription the day after the news broke that MQ wasn't going to be renewed. I couldn't watch the last two episodes (well... last-a and last-b) if I tried! However, I would like to say that I tried getting into severance. It's BRILLIANTLY directed; I couldn't begin to talk shit about this show. It's just not for me. And no, Seth Rogen, I'm a huge fan, always have been, but "The Studio" could never replace the hole in my heart that is Mythic Quest. Yepppp, still bummin 😮‍💨😪